11/28/20
Smartypants Saturday
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1A
Feel your ___ (act in a self-confident manner)
Oats
5A
Animal wearing a collar, typically
Pet
8A
Zilch
Zip
11A
Pest on a poodle
Flea
12A
“We can’t take much ___ of this!”
More
13A
“___ seen the light!”
Ive
14A
He won two Bram Stoker Awards, including Best Graphic Novel for “Neonomicon”: 2 wds.
Alan Moore
16A
Game where a player would say “You’re it!”
Tag
17A
He won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel six times, most recently for “Doctor Sleep”: 2 wds.
Stephen King
19A
Gemstones mostly mined in Australia
Opals
20A
Hair salon coloring
Dye
21A
Self-importance
Ego
22A
Where someone might play with a rubber duckie
Tub
24A
Country singer Vince, or part of a fish
Gill
28A
Male sibling, for short
Bro
29A
“Addicted to ___” (“Weird Al” Yankovic song about potatoes)
Spuds
32A
Movie star and martial arts legend Bruce
Lee
33A
Flex
Bend
35A
Sister of Wakko and Yakko on Hulu’s “Animaniacs”
Dot
36A
Days ___ (hotel chain)
Inn
37A
“The War With Grandpa” actress Thurman
Uma
40A
Arduous journeys
Treks
42A
He won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay twice, for “Get Out” and “Us”: 2 wds.
Jordan Peele
46A
Homer’s father on “The Simpsons”
Abe
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
47A
She won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers twice, for “Harry Potter” books: 3 wds.
JK Rowling
50A
“The Princess Bride” director Reiner
Rob
51A
“Chocolat” star Lena
Olin
52A
Big-box store whose products have Swedish names
Ikea
53A
Salty body of water
Sea
54A
Michael Stipe’s old band
Rem
55A
Works with needle and thread
Sews
1A
On the verge ___ breakthrough: 2 wds.
Of A
2A
Every last bit
All
3D
Recipe measurement equal to 1/48 of a cup
Tea Spoon
4D
Deliverer of toys in December
Santa
5D
Tigger’s bear friend
Pooh
6D
Blundered
Erred
7D
Really, really small
Teeny
8D
Pasta often served at Sicilian wedding feasts
Ziti
9D
“Terrible” 16th-century Russian czar
Ivan
10D
“Ready Player One” actor Simon
Pegg
12D
Cleans a spill on the floor: 2 wds.
Mops Up
15D
Goes from solid to liquid, like butter
Melts
18D
Beer container that’s tapped
Keg
19D
Type of creature Shrek is
Ogre
21D
Flow back from the shore
Ebb
23D
Immature flower
Bud
25D
Rhyming Eisenhower campaign slogan: 3 wds.
I Like Ike
26D
Single-___ reflex (type of camera)
Lens
27D
TV reality show judge Goodman
Len
30D
Lavish with attention, as a favorite grandchild: 2 wds.
Dote On
31D
Scatter, as seeds
Strew
34D
Defective firecracker
Dud
38D
College student’s field of study
Major
39D
Foot-to-leg joint
Ankle
41D
“Black-ish” actress Tracee ___ Ross
Ellis
42D
Olive containers
Jars
43D
Long, slender woodwind instrument
Oboe
44D
McEntire who had a self-titled sitcom
Reba
45D
Stiffly proper
Prim
48D
Recently released
New
49D
Fluid pumped into cars
Gas